{"id":97721,"date":"2026-01-18T18:34:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=97721"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:34:54","slug":"senator-sarmad-ali-conferred-honorary-doctorate-by-greenwich-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/senator-sarmad-ali-conferred-honorary-doctorate-by-greenwich-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Sarmad Ali conferred honorary Doctorate by Greenwich University"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Senator Sarmad Ali, Managing Director of the Jang Group and President of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS<\/a>), was today conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Media Innovation and Public Leadership by Greenwich University at its convocation ceremony held at the Governor\u2019s House, Karachi.<\/p>\n

The honorary degree was awarded in recognition of his distinguished services to Pakistan\u2019s media industry and his contribution to strengthening media institutions, promoting ethical journalism, and advancing innovation in communication.<\/p>\n

In his acceptance speech, Senator Ali said he was \u201cdeeply honoured and sincerely grateful\u201d for the recognition, describing it as \u201can acknowledgement not only of an individual journey, but of a lifetime spent in an industry that shapes ideas, institutions, and societies.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the award recognized his \u201cmodest contribution to the field of media and communications that today stands at the intersection of technology, democracy, culture, and public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on Pakistan\u2019s media landscape, he described it as an industry marked by \u201cextraordinary creativity, resilience, and courage,\u201d often operating under political pressure, commercial constraints, and security risks. \u201cTo serve in such an environment is not merely a career choice; it is an honour,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Paying tribute to his mentors and colleagues, Senator Ali said that no meaningful journey is undertaken alone, and acknowledged the guidance of his mentors, including Javed Jabbar, Syed Naseer Haider, S. H. Hashmi, Iqbal Mir, Hameed Haroon, and Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. He also credited his colleagues at the Jang\/Geo Group, noting that \u201cperformance is a team sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emphasizing the ethical responsibilities of media leadership, he said, \u201cInnovation without integrity is hollow, and influence without accountability is dangerous,\u201d adding that the duty to inform truthfully, criticise fairly, and represent voices honestly remains sacred.<\/p>\n

Referring to Pakistan\u2019s emerging generation of public leadership, Senator Ali said it was encouraging to see leaders \u201cspeak the language of inclusion, diplomacy, climate responsibility, and democratic continuity,\u201d and cited Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as an example of this generational shift.<\/p>\n

Addressing graduating students, he urged them to remain anchored in ethics while embracing change. Referring to the age of artificial intelligence and rapid technological transformation, he said uncertainty should not paralyse young people but provoke them to \u201cquestion established models, challenge inherited assumptions, and break moulds that no longer serve progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

The convocation ceremony was attended by Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori, Chancellor of Greenwich University Seema Mughal, senior government officials, academicians, diplomats, and graduating students, as well as their parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Senator Sarmad Ali, Managing Director of the Jang Group and President of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), was today conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Media Innovation and Public Leadership by Greenwich University at its convocation ceremony held at the Governor\u2019s House, Karachi. The honorary degree was awarded in recognition of his distinguished services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":97722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[33746],"class_list":["post-97721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-greenwhich-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97723,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97721\/revisions\/97723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}